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Boeing rules out reviving the 767 jet

Boeing on Monday ruled out reviving its dormant 767 passenger plane as it continues to ponder options for a potential new niche...

Reuters |

Emirates revamps Boeing 777 business class

Emirates has finally dropped that hated middle seat from its Boeing 777 business class cabin – but only on the long-range...

David Flynn |

Qantas brings first class back to Singapore

Qantas is once again flying first class between Sydney and Singapore in the lead-up to Singapore replacing Dubai as the stopove...

David Flynn |

Virgin's Melbourne-Hong Kong schedule changes

Virgin Australia's July 2 launch of Sydney-Hong Kong flights will see its Melbourne-Hong Kong service pared back in ways which ...

David Flynn |

Boeing wants to sell flying taxis in 2020s

The dream of flying cars has been around longer than Boeing Co. has been making airplanes. Now a vision from the pages of Jules...

Bloomberg News |

Virgin's coy on new east-west business class

Virgin Australia says it's not about to give any ground to Qantas in the ongoing Battle of Business Class, despite a third of i...

David Flynn |

BA A320neo loses Club Europe middle seat table

British Airways is dropping Club Europe's middle seat shelf on its new Airbus A320neo and A321neo jets, leaving business c...

David Flynn |

Emirates won't launch premium economy at ITB

There'll be no big bang launch for Emirates' new premium economy class at this month's ITB Berlin travel trade show, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas' Perth-London Boeing 787 menu

Qantas has already threatened promised a healthy approach to inflight dining on its non-stop Boeing 787 flights between Perth a...

David Flynn |

Dassault unveils Falcon 6X business jet

Dassault Aviation announced plans for a new long-range business jet on Wednesday, renewing a battle with Gulfstream at the top ...

Reuters |

Qantas delays Airbus A330 WiFi rollout to 2019

EXCLUSIVE | Qantas will push back the installation of inflight Internet to its domestic Airbus A330 fleet until 2019, with the ...

David Flynn |

Qantas, BA back startup to fix overbookings

Volantio, the US startup that helped United Airlines manage its overbookings in the wake of the Dr Dao scandal last summer, is ...

Bloomberg News |

Virgin Australia cancels privatisation

Virgin Australia said on Wednesday it will not go private as it reported first-half underlying profit rose 142.3% due to domest...

Reuters |

Virgin takes aim at Oneworld monopoly on HKG

Virgin Australia continues to muscle in on what its CEO has previously called the near-monopoly of Oneworld airlines Qantas and...

David Flynn |

Virgin to launch Sydney-Hong Kong flights

UPDATE | Virgin Australia's daily flights between Sydney and Hong Kong will launch on Monday July 2, 2018, and are now on sale ...

David Flynn |

Qantas threatens to cancel Dallas A380

Qantas is waving a big stick in its second attempt to have a joint venture with Oneworld partner American Airlines approved by ...

David Flynn |

Qantas Boeing 737s steam towards 50% WiFi

Qantas is marching towards a mid-year milestone for installing WiFi across its domestic Boeing 737 fleet, with around half of t...

David Flynn |

Qantas moves to Terminal 8 at JFK Airport

Passengers aboard Qantas’ New York flights will soon arrive into and depart from Terminal 8 at JFK Airport: home to American A...

Chris C. |